10 U.S.C. § 1521
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
1521(a) | 10:491a (words before semicolon).10:491b (words before semicolon).10:491c (words before semicolon). | July 28, 1942, ch. 528, §§1-3, 56 Stat. 722, 723; July 17, 1953, ch. 220, §1(a)-(c), 67 Stat. 176. |
34:285b (words before semicolon). | ||
34:285c (words before semicolon). | ||
34:285d (words before semicolon). | ||
1521(b) | 10:491a (words after semicolon). | |
10:491b (words after semicolon). | ||
10:491c (words after semicolon). | ||
34:285b (words after semicolon). | ||
34:285c (words after semicolon). | ||
34:285d (words after semicolon). |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2008-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110-417, §502(a)(1), struck out "in line of duty" after "death" in pars. (1) to (3). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110-417, §502(a)(2), added subsec. (c).2000-Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106-398, §1[[div. A], title V, §505(a)], struck out "and the recommendation for whose appointment or promotion was approved by the Secretary concerned" after "commissioned grade".Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-398, §1[[div. A], title V, §505(b)], substituted "official recommendation" for "approval" in two places.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
DETERMINATION OF DATE OF DEATH UNDER MISSING PERSONS ACTAct July 28, 1942, ch. 528, §5, as added July 17, 1953, ch. 220, §1(e), 67 Stat. 177, provided that for purposes of this chapter, in any case where the date of death is established under the Missing Persons Act, as amended, the date of death is the date of receipt by the head of the department concerned of evidence that the person is dead, or the date the finding of death is made under section 5 of that Act, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89-718, §12(b), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117. See section 1524 of this title.
EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONSFor assignment of functions of President under subsec. (a) of this section, see sections 1(a) and 2(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 13358, Sept. 28, 2004, 69 F.R. 58797, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
- Secretary concerned
- The term "Secretary concerned" means-(A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters concerning the Army;(B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters concerning the Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Department of the Navy;(C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters concerning the Air Force and the Space Force; and(D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy.
- armed forces
- The term "armed forces" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
- grade
- The term "grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation.
- officer
- The term "officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer.